Urban Poetry
Section 1
Dedicated Poems
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Comet TV their is no one in the street - two left feet - muddy beat - scattered black across sky - I can’t but wonder why - fearless devotion tied - fourty miles and twenty wide - find a small place to hide - I don’t care to remember - twenty third of September - Nevertheless True such a list does not exist - pretty much dismissed - what is written is in code - better stay on the side of the road - ain’t nothing out here but speed - with a hand full of birdseed - possibility is more than “hope”- but less than a guarantee - Made it Down cement may look warm - late afternoon rainstorm - chalky spill, spinning wheel - in the space of a few days - sliced in half lengthways - three book series is called a trilogy - suspect suburbanite nature occurs in its own right - down in a basement - effects are significant - forming small pools - covalently form molecules - a=(vf-vi)/t or Δv/t 15 Minutes and Counting if you step outside - all merchandise storewide - State of wistfulness - wish it was endless - poetic connotations followed by - multi-hued buttons - Helium world away spun - synonym for missing someone - thumping of her heart - it is not of, but apart - is there still room - written in a single volume - for no particular reason - just happened to happen - 'Tis 2:30 with you words are the only path I know - can be hard to follow - I keep searching for the perfect line - it seems to happen every time - one of my many weaknesses - whirling through the mazes - someday I'll find the way - but just not today - Subliminal Sushi List of list - So incomplete - Problematic - Emblematic - Solo cup - worn small envelope - keeps you awake at night - More to Explore real-deal renegade surfer - cruising for lemonade - looking to upgrade - sizable pitfall - whiteout spitball - tricked out diplex scrawler - only a half an inch smaller - squeaky biometry series - led to random plywood theories - How To narrative, scenarios, and storylines - lost behind blind headlines - more flights for lower price airlines - there is one thing I can do - that he can't - blinked into focus was an ant - silly useless rant - An Open Evening in a Stolen Car way too spicy for gum - three of them, one and one - freeze dried hum in the air - seemed to be waiting for me there - headlights blazing away - down an oily stretch of highway - corn-beef leaking in my living room- sounded like a 50s show tune - next to last note on the page - sung by a canary in a dental floss cage - Giving Up return into the presence of the divine - as I really am - caught up in activity - "Listen", he said - Who can go on - Living the laws of the world - Where the dead stand tall - Where death is all around - Rituals captivate the soul - Lunging forth with sward in hand - Forged by rants of mad men - Everything is finished for them - Sought out by privileged few - Gathered by the sons of one - To read Plato, Spinoza, and Kants - Unable to free us from our suffering - Vanishing into argument - Reason dressed itself as a child - Geomantic Poem
the words are different - the look is the same - hope you know - you are easy to follow - close your eyes - and dream of China blue skies - Poetry and Menticide this moment, however uncovered - twisted razor wire detoured - commuted sentence to life - scenarios ran rife - year-end inventory sale - rolled out full-scale - don't forget little skillet - sent in to pinch-hit - seemed simple enough - mouse skin is not very tough - Touch Tone Phone. L = indicates series - hate driving muddy alleys - ss = 2-digit section number - last two weeks one giant gray blur - occasionally 3 digits are used - counting did nothing but confuse - nnn = 1 - digit BSP in this section - 8812 can be broken down into a fraction - vv = two digit variation needed - ants do a good job managing aphids - Busted Flush Lemon Woah oh woah oh oh - waste away 15 minutes a day - I barely made it home alive - Woah oh woah oh oh - overall degree of activity - packing peanut butter in a bag - Woah oh woah oh oh - 75 trillion cells that swell - low voltage asynchronous waves - Free Fall ran at full speed - afraid I make you bleed - razor blades to jogging shoes - lots of little clues - It's the state of my heart - bundled tight in a full color flowchart - closed-circuit tv - fumble bee shopping spree - 7-11 cherry slushy - oscar winning screenplay - way too large to print - storm came and went - Hamster Wheel old tires worn slick - shabby red brick - missing my shiny 1981 Oldsmobile - adding butter to oatmeal - believer, cleaver, day dreamer - oversized box of Cheerios - 1910 census enumerated "negroes " - seven-day interval between springs and neaps - turning into one of those creeps - conspired, fantasist, rewired twist - 12 Volt Dry Socket Psychology is more a side-job of lowly barbers - Like a dozen others – Opposite, top and bottom:old fashioned croquet. I knew then she was ok - We all want to know the inside – once nibble buck joyride - Peering eyes begging for an encore – Via the side door - Must kill microbes before they mutate - I'd rather just wait – Sat to talk with one dead Henrik Ibsen - gave him my gun – More than that – He seemed a little fat - If You Say So Well, that's it - One pretty cool retrofit - What ever tomorrow brings - Wood lath, rusty twin bedsprings - Best you've ever written - 40 acres complete with log cabin – Soon will be back on track - Receiving positive feedback – Playing checkers with a goat - on a lobster boat – propitious act denote - No need to testify - Waiting patiently on standby - Don't Know What It Means Don't Know What It Means we might find another way - best ever birthday - was out at sea - singing a cheerful ditty - to wait for an hour - took the name wildflower - oddness shrine - 2849 bee-hives , 2468 swine - none could fly - staring back at a large fisheye - that's about it - Subtle Reminder for rent dial 420-9905 - daydream jive - 4 tablespoons of olive oil - snap pop uncoil - now I own a hairless canary - really just wanted a chocolate brownie- should not play scrabble - one squeaky front axle - falling more for you every day - wish it wasn't this way - shaking in the rain - nothing but my dust will remain - Who Knows Why most basic precept - many times on couches slept - casually playing an Xbox Live game - I really wish I had a cool nickname - multiplied sixteen times - Hitherto no-win enzymes - "Pie Jesu", Faure's Requiem - USA first-class flag stamps - and flat tires all figure into it somehow - Way Over Thinking sleepy genie's 5 second countdown - so very small town - refrain from fame, puffin atomism is an ableist - arrangements are usually made, not done - best expect to be easily outrun - vaster pessimism, or quince anise - living large as a storefront manikin - red brick drive, third house in - most tragical pro stasis, to Nyanja simpleness - Vizcaya where only words can do - is where others fail with you - either willful or blind - no man has tried to find - that which sleeps inside - halted heart fortified - milestone of affirmation - sunlight streams golden - now waiting for your one - fly away to the son - 2112 enfin: literally, "in (the) end" - 40 passenger Zeppelin - skin veneer warped and peeled - gravel pockmarked windshield- apple held in deliberate care - held up, bathed in prayer - I Don't See Anymore rummaged out of my top drawer - thinking sometimes too - select from a drop down menu - halfway between both - obscured by heavy overgrowth- talk it out - rather than doubt - it's ok not to always be happy - there is faith for the journey - bumps and turns in the road - wide rims, even load - Writing Rhymes to You eating Fruit loops out of a styrofoam, cup - turned bottom side up - floor-to-ceiling Windows - steel rails weighing 345 kilos - sunlight melts against her skin - hope that lies within - quiet Look of something sweet- count the stalks of winter wheat - home late Wednesday - still have things to say - in the mail, first thing Friday - digging deep for one more line - wrought iron design - McDonald’s McCafé Frappé Chocolate Chip - ghetto style penmanship- Bare Feet Fashion knockoff $8 Teeshirt - with a Tory Burch designer skirt - eating fresh picked wild berries - imagination tarries - sitting under broad leaf trees - listening to whispers of flying bees - tufted clouds bringing rain - distant thunder rattled windowpane - Cross The Border crack·a·jack (krăk′ə-jăk′) kay·ak [kahy-ak] bee·hive [ˈbēˌhīv] sky·dive [ˈskīˌdīv] thet·ic [théttik] dras·tic. [drastik] The Sun Rises Alone Some days I think my life would have been better - If I had never met her - It is so like me - Waiting on tomorrow - On what is not to be - Outside act so casually - While inside - Want to hide - Please let me rephrase - So you will understand - My resolve fanned - For Friday I write - Others may only recite - 165 pounds of Tannerite - Packed within this, my rhyme - Pitch 10% frisbee brand of flying disk - Figure 4 marked with blue asterisk - how to make the perfect snowball - CH3OH Methanol- 14 steps up - stubborn fool - suspended fans gave Liverpool - Study every evening - "about" means the same as "fixing" - resumes of black and white - better hindsight- Not like a Salvador Dalí - sentimental folly - Two-Letter Prepositions if now a vacant lot - then what? - seizing occasion, almost an afterthought - natural gas is a hydrogen based fuel - free cream cheese bagel - free from the past - striking contrast - if not tiptoeing around - It would be, top down - doing 193, southbound - Mobile Friendly Let's get coffee to go - like most people do - He writes mysteries - He lives in background noise - She, on the other hand, surreal - Sketch Pad Scribble words to you - As if they held a secret or two - Superscribed actor - Trying not to answer - Hold the line, oh son of Zeus - Sipping orange juice - As if to erase the moon - Out my pen feelings strewn - Might be a stretch - Mapped it out on paper - Few seconds after - More than anyone else - Past summers - Scented by late sunset of color - Dress for Less Shining glass ripples with light- Surface of steel glows in the night- Fields of flowers for feet to roam - In the city she's not at home – Autumn's soft song pulled her away - A contry girl forever will stay - Trust Belief can change a life - Open package with a sharp knife - Divine words open eyes - Free coconut cream pies- Built in genetic code- Laying flat on the road was a dead toad- Faith makes you take the leap- Four tires and a roll bar does not make a jeep- Disguised as gods - Vegas always control the odds- One of Two 1000 drops of rain – Gold cross on the end of a chain – It's not so complicated when I talk to you and get too high – -here- hello- drowning in the overflow - Dreamers never make it home - Dreamers will always make you bleed - Coffee at the 806 Slip in the door to find a seat. It's the Flat White Skinny Mocha - or the sounds of shuffled feet. Did it ever occur? - ease into where we were. Almond Milk latte has to be two present fat free - yet with no particular place to be. the Lord's care never runs out Possibilities This Time Tomorrow Love is called by many names. Pure, passionate, true - are but a few - A held hand in the rain - a soft voice to ease the pain - Honesty is the flowers by the bed - not always what is said - Enduring, boundless, and strong - will keep it from fault or wrong - 5 Minutes Late Saint Gabriela waits at the bus stop. Wild colors splash and dance to the swaying beat of her cotton dress. 22x28 God of glory guide us home From the paths we wander to thy golden throne What day doth flower bloom? From whence shall it turn? From whence shall flower bloom? Lingering tune doth gently sway - Blue dances with yellow till night - Molded twilight of another world- Tis color who giveth her way to shades of gray - Folded midway betwixt my thought - She whispers her sweet goodbye - She seeks the Lord's supply- Gray hair doth find its way among the fading black hairs of youth- Consecrated heart found to be - lost to the world - hid in thee- Winding path of toil warn by thy feet- Pray one day they find a way back to me Dreamt of leaves draped cross lawn - Moved about with purpose and sound- A flowing autumn gown - What If Some days I think my life would have been better - If I had never met her - It is so like me - Waiting on tomorrow - On what is not to be - Outside act so casually - While inside - Want to hide - Please let me rephrase - So you will understand - My resolve fanned - For Friday I write - Others may only recite - 165 pounds of Tannerite - Packed within this, my rhyme - Bolt and Nail watch unto prayer - tucked away for all to see - 2+2 always 4 will be - honey to the tongue - one by one climb the ladder rung - gasoline drips from my mind - open the eyes of the blind Last FM My life is pretty lonely when she calls- No matter which way it goes I'm not in control- It's all in how she tells me so- There is nothing better than her voice to make me feel real- It's all about when she calls - When she calls me- Lost Driving the boulevard, I had to pull over so some flashing lights could past by – across the street was a place we once met for lunch - I returned there, for a moment, in my mind - must have been three years ago - I'm sure we shared a bag of Cheetos - it was cold then too - Who You Are There's just so much more to life - you were made to stand and fight - keep breathing- it's not who you were - it's not what could have been - he made you who you are- you'll make it through the night - walk the narrow path of light - |
New Dust Jacket one long run-on sentence - made it only half the distance - yet found this as well - simple, delicate, blue eggshell - street slang, vibrate and sway - neatly folded over tedious cliché - After This from way out back, till now - tendency and know-how - harder to slip and slide by - liable to aptly multiply - [less ironic, wouldn't you say - Oh this, my imperfect way] stand where I don't belong - lyrics and thermal sing-along - always on my flatlined mind - we, strangely entwined - Word Press simple change in your perception - wild beast not shrunken - meaningless word defined - criminalized poetic headlined - most will never reach - heights of mere figures of speech - path is filled with stepping stones - fragrance made with acetone - you’re right, it’s nothing except chilling - closer to reality than dreaming - Will I Ever See You Again my favorite highs - you speaking with your eyes - feeling your hand - when you want me to understand - Purpose of Art in the strictest sense - Ptolemies in one ring-fence - even more so interpretation - of an intentional gremlin - from a certain standpoint - held us at gunpoint - image of a perfect wilderness - painted by a three man chorus - there will remain freedom to think - except for the singing bobolink - Good Advice (Birthday poem) move in ready igloo - oh no, Winnie the Pooh - well into triple-digits - pea-pod lunch basket - blue surfinia - gold duranta - waves of knitted angora - September to remember - stainless steel blender - Reminders the element of surprise - multilevel high-rise - continued for an hour - takeout sweet-and- sour - then for a day - under the freeway - for fear of elaborating - on the same ol' thing - One Cheesy Silent Serenade if only for a few days - I had it made - things went my way - there is no way - but wish you could stay - not as it is today - tried to play it through - no punk tune could ever do - best is a hip hop rap - for words that overlap - Wooden Tree am I getting warmer - despite the chatter - not all at once - due to the distance - looking to go nowhere - nonstick cookware - NUVI 57 X was far more vital - rain drops constant tinkle - falling on flat black mortarboard - packed tight and stored - men pause and regard - ink scattered across white card - rummage past notes - trying to stay afloat - Out Of Sight. biodegradable silver IPod Nano - wheeze composed for a soprano - skilled in lobotomizing - chilled to a ridged 60° - neighbors become strangers - turning pages here and there - digitally remastered Voltaire - sitting sideways in his underwear - Press Home to Unlock care between faying surfaces - safe beneath lighted golden arches - I have a art condition - forming auroral curtain - remember - you in a cool samfoo jacket - new head gasket - compelled to jargonize - image printed full-size - In Between I wish it wasn't so - Amazing high-tech gizmo - The times you are out of reach - Different parts of speech - If this were a song - More or less oblong - Double up ping-pong - It would end with - How much you mean to me - 7303 when you see - the powers that be - it makes me wonder - is it more than thunder - ringing in my ear - here it goes again - about to pull the pin - Free Fall ran at full speed - afraid I make you bleed - razor blades to jogging shoes - lots of little clues - It's the state of my heart - bundled tight in a full color flowchart - closed-circuit tv - fumble bee shopping spree - 7-11 cherry slushy - oscar winning screenplay - way too large to print - storm came and went - Clear Packing Tape As if woken by a spell - Sleep befell - weary eyes - There should be a season - For works of pessimism - Blue ruled notebooks take shape - Hours worth of confessions on audiotape - Tragedy became music - Lateness became chronic- Always skeptic - Heard two voices - Moved most of 4 inches - Blair Catalog (clothing fashions for women) Circle around the sun - Cotton spun - traditional thread - Golden nimbus - adorned her head - Past the years winnowed - fingers over old photographs - Help to ease a heavy load - Radiating ridges of cockleshells - 13 ways to say a Spanish farewell - Motown (Life and Times of Marvin Gaye) Starting to wonder - Poets egregious blunder - Without saying anything else- How to use myself - and other reflective pronouns - Sounds don't escape - Fewer taxes and less red tape - top the list - Follow someone else's dream - Grand scheme - of things - Odds are closer to zero - Pitch black afro - backyard punch - Trip to the movies - Doo-wap Marquees - ran it down - No one at the door - Feet hitting the floor - Wait Almost a week had passed - So terribly miscast - and underplayed - What good would it do- To wait for a breakthrough - Not to mention the flowers - What a few more hours - could make - Is it safe here on my island - barley and wheat whiten - as they ripen - Many reasons not to stay - Water washes them all away - Capricorn One Start day one - Hold on - Half day - All ok - Not today - Back off - Back on - Two days away - Can only pray - Wo oh oh oh - Oh - One dropped call - Feeling small - Going slow on toll road - Rhyming cryptic code - Your Week More than a hundred types of tea - Except in the case of fleas - There must be a reason things work the way they do - Shower with orange scented shampoo - Knowing, all along, one day it would come to pass - Gray-haired old man beneath the underpass - Walking in shade from Cherry Laurel, and River Birch - She settles into a new church - Hero Man of steel living out life on a spinning sphere - It's a lonely view from up here - cautiously thinking, I'm still alive - loads of pictures clog Google Drive - at this point, nothing will change - black dog with mange - home on the range - crazy ending for a cruel cosmic joke - toxic waste, gag or choke - Listening as the timer clicks down - number adjective plural noun - All You People epitaph inscribed in stone - most don't know life is on loan - prose, compose, asimple line or two - all of life's worth, from death to birth - love was meant to last - fumbling through memories all in the past - is it enough to say it with words - on the other hand, and two thirds - 4.years condensed into an aphorism - throw in a pruned genetic algorithm- Away With Flowers sometimes known as a bloom or blossom - never use your fingers as bait when catching a possum - red, green, purple, and blue - not quite beef stew - cut the stems really short - wild dog and wart - group flowers of the same colors into clusters - fully licensed claim adjuster - use greenery to fill in any gaps- such a structure is bound to collapse She Said she said, I'll be there by eight - brown eyes, inherited trait - rivet, screw, roller bearing, and A/C clutch - dropping in for Tuesday brunch - sitting across from each other in silence - clear jars of summer essence - I hear her voice over the phone - weeds in garden overgrown - Ourselves Man of steel living out life on a spinning sphere - It's a lonely view from up here - cautiously thinking, I'm still alive - loads of pictures clog Google Drive - at this point, nothing will change - black dog with mange - home on the range - crazy ending for a cruel cosmic joke - toxic waste, gag or choke - Listening as the timer clicks down - number adjective plural noun - 4 A Moment or 2 So far, hadn't dared to open - For her it is about words, written or spoken - How did we get here? - surrounded by trees - Hear me please - It reminds me of Chopin on steroids - polycyclic compounds and paraboloids - Don't cheat fate - don't be late - keep it straight - Pour yourself into another cup - Idioms and Phrases obscure what's up - glancing at the clock - In between ensembles of Beethoven and Bach - Origami Pets Oh yeah yeah yeah Ooh! Complete Indifference and other pleasantries - fumbling through a drawer of used toiletries - jumping across duplicities - counting every calorie - holding out - all about - in or out - meet me on the other side - boot laces untied - no one takes the time to look inside - Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah - think it over - rusty blade on dozer - brings it closer - nothing found - when your around - Oh yeah yeah yeah Ooh! Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Ooh! Keep It Together nothing of mine deserves to be read - who cares who gives the most - without burning the toast - wooden leg - withering arm - sleep without ever setting an alarm - having too little I'm a fool - for power somewhere beyond the curb - smell disgust in the dust - Long Lasting Bacon You'd never ever imagine - idols are made for smashing. It gets lonely - being the only child. Talking to someone - not an anyone - everyone. Hummed the same line over and over - anorexia magazine cover. Live music over dinner and a drink - old beer bottles in the dumpster stink. Thank you for unlocking the door - now, how for me to keep from being an incessant boor. I am starting to sweat - not meant as a threat. Front Seat 80 calories per 5 crackers Catch a cold from black mold. That's not what I meant to say. For reasons I still don't know. Words so slow - stuck inside my pen. managed to count to ten. She stayed quiet for awhile - every grocery store has a cereal aisle. Talked late one afternoon - black and white Popeye cartoon. Asked what I believe - this time there is nothing up my sleeve. Felt unsafe turning away - sheep and horses both digest cellulose in hay. The rest is just details. Sunday One more time around. Words drop into my ear. You know what troubles me. Hands and fingers for amputees. Don't ask me where. Don't ask me why. Promise he could not keep. Use the word crawl, not creep. Faced with absurdity. This was the surprise. One he did not realize. She says I love you. She says you know me. Say it and I'll leave. Eager to believe. Heard it all before. Junky looking to score. Comic book hero hooked on thyme. Have been lying all this time. Psychology of Heartbreak photocopy do you see, No words random may be, When only is used a key, Feel inside all crappie, First out of the spelling bee, Threw up my afternoon tea, Somewhat relentless 3rd°, Board a ship to the South China Sea, Luggage ended up in Hawaii, Be da be yay hey yeah Leaping from the rational l stumble. Ten years later Facebook crumbles. Justified in reminiscing. Mine, of course was missing. No suspects. No leads. Spilled over into real life. Liver and onions don't need a knife. Paper tucked inside a bag. Keep the original out of sight. So I told myself. What does Chopin have to do with it. Black eyeliner is overkill. Tempo125 Radiating acoustics return to my ear - Ground moving afterthoughts move in rings of Shakespeare - Mixed streams glue together into one show- creating an instant hole - Hesitation slows the pace - Strongest pulse with rhythmic base - I'll catch up with you later. I started going into a hole last night. Today isn't any better. You don't need my bad weather. Theory of a Mexican Soap Opera you have a great way of turning a touch into an addiction - writhing life's scripts of fiction - a few years back, while on my way home, I got lost in a thought of you- 6 rectangle paintings all in powder blue - took more of me than I thought I could give - seeing you cry is an image I can never outlive- if it could be black and white - if it could be right - you would be mine tonight Math and Other Things only way X to be, is easy, the first half of the way, after a long day, same play is the only thing, dropped off lost offspring would make it a lot of fun Complete You don't think of me that way - I get it - doesn't change the way I feel – there's no way to get you out of my mind – every day that goes by turns into a year – it's not supposed to be this way- Unpredictable This story is on its last page - Empty boxes backstage- The door was open for too long- Right or wrong you look the same- It took lots of guesswork to get it right- There is one thing you should know For This Moment Where it began was an image traced by God's hand- Where it all ends just depends- I'm misunderstood when I try to explain- There is nothing to gain- I was put here for this- |
Section 2
Learning to Rhyme
Not A Poem, Poem
Menticide
(Or; CIA Playing in the Background)
Suicide notes come across as egotistical, and self centered. As if the ideas they express will somehow evoke the same emotions in the reader. If such a hypothesis were true, the reader would kill themselves too. It is reasonable to assume, experiencing severe depression is caused by some external force. There is no physiological abnormality. No chemically induced psychosis of which I'm aware. The only other possibility could be that of a spiritual nature. One that eludes consciousness . So heavy and thick it drains from the mind, Oozes down the spine, floods the heart, and drips into the deepest part, of the intestinal tract. From there, reality slips on a new shirt, brushes it's hair, and acts as if it does not care.
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Thank you for your time
Cale
(Or; CIA Playing in the Background)
Suicide notes come across as egotistical, and self centered. As if the ideas they express will somehow evoke the same emotions in the reader. If such a hypothesis were true, the reader would kill themselves too. It is reasonable to assume, experiencing severe depression is caused by some external force. There is no physiological abnormality. No chemically induced psychosis of which I'm aware. The only other possibility could be that of a spiritual nature. One that eludes consciousness . So heavy and thick it drains from the mind, Oozes down the spine, floods the heart, and drips into the deepest part, of the intestinal tract. From there, reality slips on a new shirt, brushes it's hair, and acts as if it does not care.
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Thank you for your time
Cale
Older Poems
Winter Sky
(Submitted to The Poetry Foundation Friday, August 21, 2015. Proudly rejected January 9th 2016)
A small band of birds descend upon a discarded greasy Happy Meal. Tails bend and twist in the cold north wind as they skip back and forth across the gray cracked asphalt. Hens peck and tug but eventually submit to order and yield the half eaten jr. cheeseburger and soggy fries. As quickly as they came, nine common grackles leap back into the winter sky.
August Flowers
Snapshot memories hang in the our hall - with many more spaces to fill.
None of this would be - If you weren't the woman there with me.
Fish Sandwich
soft sounds reach my ears -
such seem to calm my fears -
leaves slowly float down the babbling brook -
a perfect day interrupted by a tasty worm on the end of a hook.
Blank Stare
Sitting at a stoplight, caught by technicolor.
Make fun of Big Brother.
Premonition had her looking to change lanes.
Is it just another one of their outrages claims?
Speaking with tender lines her stories flow with perfect detail.
Ignorant fingers sliding across words written in braille.
Meanwhile, daily life continued on, and the light changed from red to green.
Do you see what I mean?
She is the master of the "hello".
Not the typical stereotype.
January's wind brought about a frozen pipe.
Someone who never needs a punctuation guide.
Photograph of the monster roaming outside.
This is a reminder that I'm blinder then the pace I was before.
Dog left through a closed door.
Try standing somewhere by the window.
Some people use bad street lingo.
Rubber bands tied in knots.
Hit with 100,000 watts.
Cardboard box filled with words went out with the trash.
Last of this dreamers hidden stash.
Truth be told,
Not so bold,
Letters to unfold.
Opposite direction from which we were going.
Came and went without knowing-the truth.
leave it in my hands.
Close your eyes for a moment.
See that it is alright.
Remember her name forever.
Found a clever way to say.
While dropping hints along the way.
Compromised by what I saw.
It was a sign in the sky.
Believe it will never die.
All of this just to spare a hollow goodbye-
(Submitted to The Poetry Foundation Friday, August 21, 2015. Proudly rejected January 9th 2016)
A small band of birds descend upon a discarded greasy Happy Meal. Tails bend and twist in the cold north wind as they skip back and forth across the gray cracked asphalt. Hens peck and tug but eventually submit to order and yield the half eaten jr. cheeseburger and soggy fries. As quickly as they came, nine common grackles leap back into the winter sky.
August Flowers
Snapshot memories hang in the our hall - with many more spaces to fill.
None of this would be - If you weren't the woman there with me.
Fish Sandwich
soft sounds reach my ears -
such seem to calm my fears -
leaves slowly float down the babbling brook -
a perfect day interrupted by a tasty worm on the end of a hook.
Blank Stare
Sitting at a stoplight, caught by technicolor.
Make fun of Big Brother.
Premonition had her looking to change lanes.
Is it just another one of their outrages claims?
Speaking with tender lines her stories flow with perfect detail.
Ignorant fingers sliding across words written in braille.
Meanwhile, daily life continued on, and the light changed from red to green.
Do you see what I mean?
She is the master of the "hello".
Not the typical stereotype.
January's wind brought about a frozen pipe.
Someone who never needs a punctuation guide.
Photograph of the monster roaming outside.
This is a reminder that I'm blinder then the pace I was before.
Dog left through a closed door.
Try standing somewhere by the window.
Some people use bad street lingo.
Rubber bands tied in knots.
Hit with 100,000 watts.
Cardboard box filled with words went out with the trash.
Last of this dreamers hidden stash.
Truth be told,
Not so bold,
Letters to unfold.
Opposite direction from which we were going.
Came and went without knowing-the truth.
leave it in my hands.
Close your eyes for a moment.
See that it is alright.
Remember her name forever.
Found a clever way to say.
While dropping hints along the way.
Compromised by what I saw.
It was a sign in the sky.
Believe it will never die.
All of this just to spare a hollow goodbye-
Autostrada SinfoniaEasing onto the highway a sweet sonata begins.
Uneven surfaces create a rhythmic melody. Each passing car "allegretto con moto". Tempo is graciously provided by the state. Standard Fence Co.Though cats understand the dangers of dumpster diving they can't resist the tastee treats inside.
Drive
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SPF 24Her perfumed smell fills the car as I roll the window half way down. I now value the metal fence that surrounds this trailer town.
Captain Crunch
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Older Poems
Oh for the time to run and play. Lost in this space for hours - free to think. Though I dread your last goodbye, I shall never regret the day we met. Don't let go.
Unsure
Move and lose everything -
Do nothing and die -
For conscience - I sit still and let this moment pass me by.
Hope Hotel
What if death were to come tonight?
Tomorrow would arrive on time - with all it's present grace and misery.
True Story
The outward man sits quietly by while the inner man plots and schemes.
Behind his eyes, waiting to be told, are volumes of foolish dreams.
Who Really Cares
Black holes, DNA, hemoglobin, love, 1 u = 1.66043 × 10-27 kg = 1/6.02252 × 1023 mole-1,
foreknowledge, time, atoms, politics, String Theory, electricity, data, farming, fine china,
baseball, and socks - mean nothing to my dog.
That Day in the Park
Rain brings a dark uniformity to life's various colors.
The place where it all began never changes.
Regardless the weather - it still looks empty.
Here it is - with grass all around.
Forgotten
A friend that died...
At what moment are we forgotten?
Does it happen over time?
Do we ever know when we are - no more?
Is it wasted?
Is it who we are?
Eventually we are forgotten.
Don't Ask
Never an answer satisfied the questions never asked.
Silence keeps the imagination fed.
Creative Process
Patience, practice, and spite hit the floor and splatter the walls -
leaving long, crooked lines as they drip.
Shinny puddles tend to dry flat.
It Matters
Handicaps turn into Inspiration when they force Creativity to leave the recliner.
Commitment
Commitment is an old discarded chair sitting by a dumpster.
Commitment is words used in a moment and soon forgotten.
Commitment holds a hand in trouble.
Commitment sounds good on paper.
Commitment is seen in self-sacrifice.
The rock of commitment is cold and hard - yet warms the heart in times of doubt.